The Detroit Lions — one of those teams that has to resort to gimmickry to create excitement — unveiled some new uniforms on Thursday.
New boss, same as the old boss, essentially.
What you’re seeing there, from left to right, are the Lions’ new home, away and throwback uniforms. Not really a drastic departure from their previous uniforms and, frankly, for good reason.
Despite the fact that the Detroit Lions are a perennial laughingstock, the whipping boys of the Green Bay Packers and so forth, the Leos are a historic franchise. They’ve been in existence since 1930 and they’ve been in Detroit since 1934.